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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Yokohama?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Casablanca for

  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Casablanca’s own page.

Choose Yokohama for

  • families
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Casablanca 50, Yokohama 46: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca and Yokohama are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Yokohama 55: Casablanca leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Yokohama.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Casablanca in July

26 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaYokohama
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightJapanese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 110, fire 119
Elevation115 m24 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaYokohama
City population3,215,9353,757,630
People per km²8,3758,585
Museums within 10 km338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.